Re: [PATCH] base: dma-mapping: Postpone cpu addr translation on mmap()

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 06:59:08PM +0200, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> I'm still a bit puzzled on what happens if dma_mmap_from_dev_coherent() fails.
> Does a dma_mmap_from_dev_coherent() failure guarantee anyhow that the
> successive virt_to_page() isn't problematic as it is today?
> Or is it the
>  	if (off < count && user_count <= (count - off))
> check that makes the translation safe?

It doesn't.  I think one major issue is that we should not simply fall
to dma_common_mmap if no method is required, but need every instance of
dma_map_ops to explicitly opt into an mmap method that is known to work.

>  #ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_NO_COHERENT_DMA_MMAP
>  	unsigned long user_count = vma_pages(vma);
>  	unsigned long count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> -	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(virt_to_page(cpu_addr));
>  	unsigned long off = vma->vm_pgoff;
> +	unsigned long pfn;
> 
>  	vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
> 
> @@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ int dma_common_mmap(struct device *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  		return ret;
> 
>  	if (off < count && user_count <= (count - off)) {
> +		pfn = page_to_pfn(virt_to_page(cpu_addr));
>  		ret = remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
>  				      pfn + off,
>  				      user_count << PAGE_SHIFT,

Why not:

		ret = remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
				page_to_pfn(virt_to_page(cpu_addr)) + off,

and save the temp variable?